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Research Article

Laparoscopic and microbiological features of acute salpingitis in developing countries

A. O. AROWOJOLU R. A. BAKARE A. A. ONI A. O. ILESANMI University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Pages 164-168 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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